The Unisong Choral Music Festival is now accepting applications for 2020 and Beyond!
Be Part of a Chorus of Hundreds!
Unisong is accepting new applications to join our massed ensemble choir for a once in a lifetime chance to be a central part of Canada Day festivities in the Nation’s Capital.
Choirs of all ages will be considered! Contact us now at info@unisong.ca for more information.
You can also visit Unisong’s website at: https://www.unisong.ca/
Halifax: The Musical presents a Choral Workshop on January 14th at 7pm.|
The Halifax Conducting Institute Announces its 2020 Season!
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The World Youth Choir is seeking singers! Audition by December 15, 2019
To learn more, visit their website
From Strategic Arts Management: 
Hello,
You are invited to take part in a research study being conducted by Dalhousie graduate students working on a project to help Strategic Arts Management (SAM) better provide management and career resources to the arts community of Halifax.
As a participant, you will be asked to anonymously answer 15 questions in a survey. Your participation in this research is entirely voluntary. At any time, you reserve the right to skip questions, or to stop the survey entirely. The information you provide will be anonymous and will be kept private at all times. When we share our project findings in the resulting reports, we will speak in terms of overall perceptions so that it is impossible for an individual to be identified. By submitting the survey, you consent to the anonymous use of your answers and quotes for the purpose of research by the Dalhousie Graduate-Student Research Team.
This study is being conducted according to the ethical standards of Dalhousie University.
The survey can be found here: https://surveys.dal.ca/
If you have any questions about the survey, SAM, or the Dalhousie research team, please contact us! We are happy to receive all questions at jl883690@dal.ca
Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely,
The Strategic Arts Management: Dalhousie Research Team
(Trevor, Julietta, Jason, Erin, Hala)
Last Chance: National Choral Writing Competition
Due Nov 1, 2019
1. The Diane Loomer Award , sponsored by Cypress Choral Music – open to any Canadian choral composer
2. The new Stephen Chatman Award, sponsored by the UBC School of Music and UBC Choirs – open to any Canadian undergraduate or graduate student choral composer
The competition will be judged by a national jury of Canadian choral conductors and composers. All competing composers will receive constructive written feedback from a juror. The jury may select up to three honorable mentions per category.
The winner of the 2020 Diane Loomer Award will receive:
The winner of the 2020 Stephen Chatman Student Award will receive:
(from The Aeolian Singers) The Aeolian Singers (www.aeoliansingers.ca
The season opens with concerts (In Good Company) in Dartmouth (Grace United) and Upper Tantallon (St. Luke’s United) presenting music ranging from Henry VIII to Jane Siberry. The program takes in the world of the Renaissance and Baroque, moving to modern takes on ancient texts, with glorious choral writing by contemporary Canadian female composers like Kelly Marie Murphy, Marie Claire Saindon and Laura Hawley. They’ll even throw in a pub song of two. The concerts take place on Saturday, November 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace United Church, Dartmouth and on Sunday, November 24 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s United Church, Upper Tantallon.
Collaborative pianist Mary Castello will be joining the Aeolians for the fall term. Staff accompanist for the School of Music at Acadia University, Mary also has an active freelance schedule, working with local soloists, Scotia Festival, Halifax Summer Opera Festival and the Nova Scotia Choral Federation. She holds an MMus in Collaborative Piano Performance from McGill University and an Associate Diploma in Piano Pedagogy from Conservatory Canada.
On March 7, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., the choir performs This We Know at Wolfville Baptist Church with the Manning Chapel Choir and the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir. Advance tickets are available form www.avhc.ca.
The April 25 DCCA concert (Veritas) grapples with the complex world of shadow and light, the seen and unseen, and the manipulation of what is “real.” Artistic Director Heather Fraser commented: “We’re excited to bring our Veritas program to Dartmouth Community Concert audiences. A timely commentary on our society, the texts and music explore deception and doubt, and celebrates the pursuit of knowledge, wisdom and truth. A cornerstone of the program is Paul Halley’s Untraveled Worlds with Tennyson’s hopeful and invigorating text at this concert.”
Veritas will be repeated on June 7 with three additional commissioned works to be created by Canadian women composers. The choir is planning to workshop these new pieces with other female singers and work with local composers in attached workshops.
Tickets are available for the Aeolians’ concerts from choir members and at the door. You can also purchase them online from the choir’s website – www.aeoliansingers.ca. All tickets are $20 regular and $10 for students.
Heather Fraser, who was appointed as Artistic Director commencing in 2017-18 is a native Nova Scotian who is immersed in the contemporary choral music world. During the 2016-17 season she undertook a self-directed intensive study period with top choral conductors in the US and Canada. She is also currently Artistic Director of the award-winning Annapolis Valley Honour Choirs, and a choral specialist and accompanist with the Halifax Regional Centre for Education.
Now in their 44th season, the Aeolian Singers (www.aeoliansingers.ca
Early Bird Rate (November 1 – December 1, 2019)
Delegate or Presenter
$471.40 ($410 + $40.90 QST + $20.50 GST)
Advance Rate (December 2, 2019 – February 1, 2020)
Delegate or Presenter
$534.63 ($465 + $46.38 QST + $23.25 GST)
Regular Rate (February 2 – May 15, 2020)
Delegate or Presenter
$586.37 ($510 + $50.87 QST + $25.50 GST)
Student Delegate or Presenter (November 1, 2019 – May 15, 2020)
$320.78 ($279 + $27.83 QST + $13.95 GST)
Retiree and Lifetime Member (November 1, 2019 – May 15, 2020)
$471.40 ($410 + $40.90 QST + $20.5 GST)
University Group registration per delegate (November 1, 2019 – May 15, 2020)
$304.68 ($265 + $26.43 QST + $13.25 GST)
($265/person, minimum 4 people or 3 people+1 professor)
Other Registration Rates
Participating Choir Group registration (per chorister) (November 1, 2019 – May 15, 2020)
$74.73 ($65 + 6.48 QST + 3.25 GST)
($65/chorister, for conference only – minimum 5 people participating at PODIUM)
The Aeolian Singers is a community-based, auditioned women’s choir in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are celebrating our 44th season with our mission to present high quality, interesting choral programs, partnering with other artists and arts organizations in the region.
We are seeking a dynamic, enthusiastic individual to serve as our communications/business manager who will report to the President of the choir executive and work very closely with the Artistic Director to help bring about the Choir’s vision. This is a permanent part-time contract with a three-month probationary period.
The major responsibilities of the role listed here Aeolians Business Manager Job Posting. For a full job description please contact the Choir President, Lara Dempster, at ldempster48@gmail.com
St. Andrew’s United Church, corner of Coburg and Robie has an immediate opening for a tenor section lead. This will be a supplemental position between now and Christmas, with the opportunity to become permanent in January. The immediate need is for a strong reader and leader in the section for a performance of Randall Thompson’s Peaceable Kingdom on Sunday Nov 10.
Excellent remuneration based on per call attendance. Contact Kevin Parks, Minister of Music at joyfulnoise@eastlink.ca or 902-221-1597
